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Show PROFIT IN MIXED POULTRY Most Money Is Made Where Chickens Are Kept as Adjunct to Other General Farm Crops. There is no doubt but that the greatest great-est profit is made where poultry is kept as an adjunct to the other farm crops. On the general farm the feed Item and the labor item, as well as the item of land, are of smaller account than on larger poultry farms. To the farmer who is willing to give as much attention to the poultry as he does to any other part of the farm operations, there is a good profit to be made with very little expenditure of time and Plymouth Rock Cockrel. money. Wherever it Is possible the colony house system Is strongly recom- , mended for the general farm. It has ( the advantage of being able to move poultry to any part of the farm, and many times a corn or stubble field for the fowls to range over would mean a great saving in the feed bill. The , drippings would also help to fertilize the land, as they are richer than that of any other domestic animal. Poultry Poul-try kept in this way and receiving the proper attention should prove to be one of the best paying branches of the farm. |